Killings by China anti-terror cops raise concerns

By Gillian Wong

Published September 8, 2014 6:32am ET

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Killings by China anti-terror cops raise concerns — An armed policeman stands guard on a police booth at a crowded railway station in Beijing, China Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Beijing's tight controls and monopoly on the narrative makes it difficult to independently assess if the use of deadly force by police has been justified. Authorities have been on high alert to prevent more attacks by Uighur militants who over the few years have killed dozens of civilians in train stations and other public places. Already in some cities, patrolling SWAT units have been authorized to shoot dead suspected terrorists without warning. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) | Andy Wong

BEIJING (AP) — When attackers from China’s minority Uighurs killed 37 people in a July rampage in far western Xinjiang, police responded by gunning down at least 59 of them. When three Uighurs allegedly killed a top state-appointed Muslim cleric, police shot dead two of them. When security forces led a raid on 10 suspected Uighur terrorists, they fatally shot all but one.

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